Robert Dell Jeffery

Services celebrating the life of Robert Jeffery will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at First Baptist Bossier in Bossier City. Officiating will be Pastor Brad Jurkovich and Reverend Sonny DePrang. Interment will follow at Hill Crest Memorial Park in Haughton. The family will be receiving friends at 10:00 a.m. until service time at the church.

Robert was born in Mt. Olive, Arkansas on February 12, 1931 and stepped into Heaven on October 16, 2020 in Bossier City, LA.

He was married to Frances M. Vail Jeffery on February 6, 1953 and together they went where the Air Force took them. They spent time in Maine, Arkansas, Kansas and California before permanently settling in Bossier City in 1972. Mr. Jeffrey proudly served his country, for 20 years, as a member of the United States Air Force. While in the Air Force, he became a licensed ordained minister and pastored a church in Lucerne Valley, California. While stationed at Topeka, Kansas, he helped start a mission church. He has faithfully served as a Deacon at First Bossier for over 30 years. He was an absolute family man, with an undying love for his wife, children and grand-children. He was a man of strong faith, who loved the Lord and his church friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Lawrence and Hester Jeffery; his loving wife Frances Jeffery; son, James Jeffery; son-in-law, Keith Price; three sisters and three brothers.

Mr. Jeffery is survived by his daughter, Susan Price; daughter-in-law, Cindy Jeffery; grandchildren, Sarah Tomlinson (Matt), Justin Jeffery (Krystal) and Jeremy Jeffery; grandchildren, Mitzie Price, Jason Price (Brandy), Ryan Beckham, Ashley Holloway (John) and Blake Beckham (Ashley); great grandchildren, Nathan Jeffery, Ava and Olivia Tomlinson, Lexi Williams, Donovan, Corey and Keyaira Price, Treyton, Carter and Kaylee Lynd, Liam, Gavin and Maisie Holloway and Lucas, Lily, Darren and Landon Beckham. He is also survived by his three sisters, Nancy Sheffield, Eloise Oliver (James), Attie Rush (Winfred) and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Justin Jeffery, Jeremy Jeffery, Matthew Tomlinson, John Holloway, Noble Price and Ben Daniels.